PPT-Transverse waves on an elastic spring

What happens when a a short pulse is flicked down a long taut spring It keeps its shape but gets smaller the farther it goes It keeps its shape and stays the same size. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN3BQxSroGs. So what is a wave?. Is it energy?. Is it force?. A . Wave. is a disturbance that . transfers. . energy from one place to another without transferring . matter. T. . . Davenne. High Power Targets Group. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. Science and Technology Facilities Council. 2. nd. PASI meeting. 5. th. April 2013. Contents. Steady state and transient stress (. Essential Question: What is a wave?(pg. 43). Disturbance in matter than transfers energy from one place to another. . What is the medium of a wave created by people at a sporting event?. People holding hands. General . Physics II . Topics covered: . Waves. Thermodynamics. Electricity. Magnetism. Currently . this corresponds to chapters 16 to 30 of . Fundamentals . of Physics. by Halliday, . Resnick. and Walker.. Periodic Motion – any repeated motion with regular time intervals. Simple Harmonic Motion – vibration about an equilibrium position in which a restoring force is proportional to the displacement from equilibrium . T. . . Davenne. High Power Targets Group. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. Science and Technology Facilities Council. 2. nd. PASI meeting. 5. th. April 2013. Contents. Steady state and transient stress (. Reflection, Interference, Standing Waves on String. Transverse wave propagation. Wave reflection at a fixed end. :. the restoring force in the boundary material causes an upward pulse to become a downward pulse upon reflection. wave –. . disturbance that carries energy through matter or space. medium –. . matter through which a wave travels. the physical environment in which phenomena occur. mechanical wave –. . wave that requires a medium through which to travel. It takes . work. to lift a mass against the pull (force) of gravity. The force of gravity is . m. ·. g. , where . m. is the mass, and . g. is the gravitational . acceleration. F . = mg. (note similarity to . Before the waves are made the particles are same distance apart. While waves moves through the medium the particles . compress. together, then they spread further apart (stretched areas)- . rarefaction.. Warm-Up: February 17/18, 2016. Vibrations and Waves. Chapter 14. A . periodic motion . repeats in a regular cycle.. Examples include:. Pendulums (such as on a grandfather clock). A mass at the end of a spring. Wave. Repeating disturbance or movement. Carries energy through matter and space. Vibrations. Anything that moves in a rhythmic patter. Up and down. Back and forth. What is a Wave. All waves are produced when something vibrates. 2022-2023 Season. Russ Burleson. geaux15@hotmail.com. . 1. Agenda. Binder Check/Homework review. Mechanical Wave overview. Transverse Waves. Surface Waves. Longitudinal Waves (general). Sound Waves (Longitudinal). Kurdistan Region- Iraq. Ministry of Higher Education . & Scientific Research. . Salahaddin. University- Erbil. Geology - 3th Year. 2. nd. Semester . Jan. . 202. 1. Lec.1. 2. Seismic Method . (Applied Seismology).